Mairana
| Mairana | |||
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 View of the region on the northern edge of Mairana |
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| Basic data | |||
| Residents (state) | 6756 pop. (2012 census) | ||
| rank | Rank 67 | ||
| height | 1330 m | ||
| Post Code | 07-0903-0101-6001 | ||
| Telephone code | (+591) | ||
| Coordinates | 18 ° 7 ′ S , 63 ° 57 ′ W | ||
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| politics | |||
| Department | Santa Cruz | ||
| province | Florida Province | ||
| climate | |||
 Mairana climate diagram |
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Mairana is a country town in the Santa Cruz Department in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Location in the vicinity
Mairana is the central place of the district ( Bolivian : Municipio ) Mairana in the province of Florida . The city is located in the eastern Andes Mountains at an altitude of 1330 m in an elongated valley between the foothills of the Cordillera Oriental , on the right bank of the Río Quirusillas .
geography
Mairana lies in the transition area between the Andes mountain range of the Cordillera Central in the west and the Bolivian lowlands in the east. Because of the sheltered valley location, the climate is less hot and humid than in the nearby lowlands.
The mean average temperature of the region is 21 ° C (see Mairana climate diagram) and fluctuates only slightly between 18 ° C in July and just under 23 ° C from November to March. The annual precipitation is about 750 mm, with a weak dry season from May to July with monthly precipitation below 30 mm, and a humidity period from December to February with 110 to 120 mm monthly precipitation.
Transport network
Mairana is located at a distance of 136 kilometers by road southwest of the department capital Santa Cruz .
By Mairana the 488 km long leads highway Ruta 7 , Santa Cruz with Cochabamba connects. The paved route 7 leads via La Guardia , La Angostura and Samaipata to Mairana and then on via Comarapa to Cochabamba.
population
The population of the village has increased by more than two thirds in the past two decades:
| year | Residents | source |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 3 060 | census |
| 2001 | 3 884 | census |
| 2012 | 6 756 | census |
Due to the historically grown population distribution, the region still has a certain proportion of Quechua population, in the Municipio Mairana 24.3 percent of the population speak the Quechua language.
Individual evidence
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 1992
- ^ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2001
- ↑ INE - Instituto Nacional de Estadística Bolivia 2012 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ INE social data Santa Cruz 2001 (PDF; 5.2 MB)
Web links
- Relief map of the Vallegrande region 1: 250,000 (PDF; 8.75 MB)
- Municipio Mairana - General Maps No. 70903
- Municipio Mairana - detailed map and population data (PDF; 724 kB) ( Spanish )
- Department Santa Cruz - Social data of the municipalities (PDF; 4.99 MB) ( Spanish )